ETYM Old Eng. al, pl. alle, as. eal, pl. ealle, Northumbrian alle, akin to Dutch and Old High Germ. al, German all, Icel. allr. Dan. al, Swed. all, Goth. alls; and perh. to Irish and Gael. uile, w. oll.
(Homonym: awl).
1. Completely given to or absorbed by.
2. Quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class; SYN. all of.

1. One or some or every or all without specification; SYN. whatever, whatsoever.
2. (In negative statements) Either every little or very great but unspecified.

Anyone out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.

Any person; an unspecified person; any one

(Used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.

1. Being the one and the other of two; each
2. Being the one or the other of two

1. Each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified
2. (Used of count nouns) Each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception

Every person; all people.

Every person; all people.

ETYM Cf. French respectif, Late Lat. respectivus. Related to Respect.
Considered individually; SYN. several, various.

Without missing a day; SYN. every day, each day.

For an indefinite number of successive days; SYN. day after day.

Happening on a daily basis, continually occurring

ETYM French décade, Latin decas, -adis, from Greek, from deka ten. Related to Ten.
A period of 10 years; SYN. decennary, decennium.

Simultaneously; SYN. at once, at one time.

1. Completely ordinary and unremarkable.
2. Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; SYN. humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous.

1. Commonplace and ordinary.
2. Found in the ordinary course of events; SYN. mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday.

ETYM Latin ordinarius, from ordo, ordinis, order: cf. French ordinaire. Related to Order.
Not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree.

1. Like prose; common-place.
2. Everyday, ordinary
3. Characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry; factual

Prosaic; tedious
Lacking in qualities that seize the attention or strike the imagination; commonplace; especially; tediously dull in speech or manner

ETYM Latin trivialis, properly, that is in, or belongs to, the crossroads or public streets.
Concerned with trivialities.

1. Of, relating to, or suited for working days
2. Ordinary, prosaic

ETYM French prose, Latin prosa, from prorsus, prosus, straight forward, straight on, for proversus; pro forward + versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. Related to Verse.
1. Matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression.
2. Ordinary writing as distinguished from verse.
Spoken or written language without metrical regularity; in literature, prose corresponds more closely to the patterns of everyday speech than poetry.
In Western literature prose was traditionally used for what is today called nonfiction—that is, history, biography, essays, and so on—while verse was used for imaginative literature. Prose came into its own as a vehicle for fiction with the rise of the novel in the 18th century. In modern literature, the distinction between verse and prose is not always clear cut.